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Project Description
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Assist an Associate Professor in preparing for a research study examining the sociocultural factors which may impact newborn health and survival in the first 6 months of life.
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Responsibilities
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- Develop training modules (e.g., interviewing skills) for individual hired from the community who will work as research assistants
- Conduct mock interviews with the research assistants
- Develop teaching aids related to ethical conduct of research
- Assist in preparing for ethics review
- Assist with publication of proposal, and a review article
- Update literature review of the study
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Eligibility
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- Enrollment in a Bachelor's or a Master's programme in Community Health, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Nursing, Professional Writing or related field
- Must have worked as a research assistant and familiar with the research process
- Able to conduct comprehensive literature searches, synthesize information
- Has developed teaching manuals or modules and implement them
- Good organizational skills, self-directed, can work independently with minimal supervision, excellent academic writing skills, computer skills SPSS, excel, MS word, reference manager (e.g., ENDNOTE), PowerPoint. Flexible, enjoys a challenge
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Expected Project Outcome
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- Submit grant for ethics review
- Teaching modules (e.g., interview skills, and ethical conduct of research) developed and implemented
- Submit one to two manuscripts for publication
- Update literature review of the study
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Benefits
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The selected intern will be provided with furnished accommodations as well as a living stipend to cover minimal daily expenses. All visa processing costs will also be covered. Please note that air travel is not covered by AKU, the students should have a minimum access to savings for the duration of this internship. If you have any additional questions, feel free to contact the Programme Coordinator at aku.iip@aku.edu.
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